Paul_J
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Came out of the pool club tonight to find that the polo which was parked infront of me had reversed into my car and scraped white paint on my bumper and possibly bent it slightly (hard to see in the dark) ... We parked behind the chavs when we got there but we left about 2 meters gap.
We saw them get out all about 16 lol - but came out and found my car with white scratches all over where the pug badge is on the front and the front bumper 
I'm HOPING if I t-cut it - it'll look ok? but how do you use t-cut? is it in a bottle?
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vxsri
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t-cut is hard work!
its just like a polish except more difficult to use, and when ur finished u've got to polish over it again with a gloss
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Twiggy
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Hummm, its only really used for lite paint scratches but sounds like its down to the metal in your case....  
[Edited on 01-02-2005 by REDSPORT]
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vxsri
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i agree. the white paint is probably ur primer
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Originally posted by REDSPORT
Hummm, its only really used for lite paint scratches but sounds like its down to the metal in your case....
[Edited on 01-02-2005 by REDSPORT]
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Paul_J
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It's not down the metal - the car that reversed into me is white! as I saw it parked infront before I walked in.
hence white scrape... looks on top of my layer of paint.
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Paul_J
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I hope not
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vxsri
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u might av been lucky. try rubbing it out anyway
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Red_SXi
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If you can wait then when you come to collect the motorbike bits from me i'll mop it for you mate
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AdiSRI
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get that badge got rid of if theres any damage...
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Paul_J
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Cheers - but ideally I'd like to sort it before I go home to parents. My mum keeps going 'I told you so' to everything about my car so far.  she'll probably think it was attacked.
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Paul_J
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my mate said about some turtlewax colour works or something ? that would remove it? anyone used this?
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Ian
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Stuff like Turtle wax is only a veneer, it'll wash off eventually.
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Twiggy
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T-cut is best then bang on some Colour magic....
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Jambo
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Sorry to hear it burnsy
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corb
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just t-cut it, then polish. it aint hard mate. Get down a petrol station and buy some t-cut, they normally sell it. Then just follow the instructions on the bottle!
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RS6
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t-cut is easy to use!!, just rub it in to the marks/scratch area leave it on for about a 1min and then wipe it off with a clean rag spotless!
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Paul_J
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do you deffo have to polish it after? I don't have any polish here at uni. I'm just hoping its enough to remove the amount of white and hope that it is paint on mine and not scraped down to the primer
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broster
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no u dont have to polish it after but will take the polish away so ull need to do it at some point, jkust dont try t-cutting the whole car....... rub it on and really rub it n hard till you start to cry and your arm hurts, then rub it off with clean rag, should have one blue rag by then and no scratch on ur bumper
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Joff
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
should have one blue rag by then
What if you started off with a blue rag... and you car's red? 
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broster
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you will have a purple rag............... i think
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Jackooo
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quote:
Originally posted by Joff
quote:
Originally posted by broster
should have one blue rag by then
What if you started off with a blue rag... and you car's red?
would end up puprle
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Steve
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if its paint marks, petrol or white spirit will sort it out
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Andrew
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t-cut is amazing stuff. Dead easy to use.
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1600power
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turtlewax colour magic wont do a thing to hiding the white paint, tbh its rubbish :/ with regards to tcut unless you want to be there for hours doing circular motions I would be inclined to try and bung sum1 at a bodyshop £20 and get them to get their pro paint buffer on2 it should only take a minute and it will look like new if done correctly and the paint underneath is intact!
otherwise you could use a very fine rubbing compound, followed by tcut and finally a polish.
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Richie
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If the white paint has come off another car, itll wipe off with thinners no problem. Did it to our van the other day.
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